On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:50, Steve Holdoway wrote: > >> Craig FALCONER wrote: > >>> I'm having some ongoing discussions with two ISPs, our mail server, and > >>> a > >>> couple of users over an email address. > >>> > >>> Is the ampersand a valid character in an email address? > >>> > >>> It looks like the answer is YES for the local part and NO for the > >>> domain > >>> name. > >>> > >>> What do you think?
My parents email address has an ampersand in it. I set it up for them and was assured by the ISP that having an ampersand in the email address was OK. They have never had their email address rejected by a pop server because it had an ampersand in the from address. Where they have struck problems is on e-commerce sites where they were required to enter an email address to receive confirmation details. Airline on line ticket booking sites are a particular offender here. Cheers Ross Drummond
